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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 54

To establish radio broadcasts to the peoples of Asia.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 5, 1993

Mrs. BENTLEY (for herself and Mr. PORTER) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

A BILL

To establish radio broadcasts to the peoples of Asia.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Radio Free Asia Act

5 of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. RADIO BROADCASTING TO ASIA.

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Board for International

8 Broadcasting Act of 1973 (22 U.S.C. 2871, et seq.; here9 inafter in this Act referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) is amended

10 by adding at the end thereof the following new section:
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1 ‘‘RADIO BROADCASTING TO ASIA

2 ‘‘SEC. 15. Funds made available to RFE/RL, Incor3 porated, under this Act may be used for radio broadcast4 ing to the peoples of Asia, particularly the people of the

5 People’s Republic of China, Burma, Cambodia, Laos,

6 North Korea, Tibet, and Vietnam. Such broadcasts shall

7 be designated ‘Radio Free Asia’.’’.

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Act is amend9 ed in paragraph (5) of section 2 by inserting ‘‘Asia,’’ after

10 ‘‘Eastern Europe,’’.

11 SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL

12 BROADCASTING.

13 (a) COMPOSITION OF BOARD.—Section 3(b)(1) of the

14 Act is amended—

15 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘ten’’ and

16 inserting ‘‘twelve’’;

17 (2) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘nine’’

18 and inserting ‘‘eleven’’; and

19 (3) in the third sentence by striking ‘‘five’’ and

20 inserting ‘‘six’’.

21 (b) SELECTION.—Section 3(b)(2) of the Act is

22 amended by adding at the end thereof ‘‘The two additional

23 members of the Board who are provided for by the Radio

24 Free Asia Act of 1993 shall be selected by the President.’’.
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1 (c) TERM OF OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIALLY AP2 POINTED MEMBERS.—Section 3(b)(3) of the Act is

3 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new

4 sentence: ‘‘The term of office of the individuals initially

5 appointed as the two additional voting members of the

6 Board who are provided for by the Radio Free Asia Act

7 of 1993 shall be two or three years (as designated by the

8 President at the time of their appointment).’’.

9 SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA10 TIONS.

11 Section 8 of the Act is amended by adding at the

12 end thereof the following new subsection:

13 ‘‘(d) In addition to such amounts as are authorized

14 to be appropriated under subsection (a), there are author15 ized to be appropriated $30,000,000 to carry out section

16 15 of this Act for fiscal year 1994.’’.

17 SEC. 5. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

18 (a) REPORT REGARDING GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION

19 OF BROADCASTS.—Not later than 180 days after the date

20 of the enactment of this Act, the Board for International

21 Broadcasting shall prepare and submit to the Congress

22 a report concerning the desirability of the geographic ex23 pansion of broadcasts funded through the Board, particu24 larly to the peoples of Africa and the Middle East.
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1 (b) REPORT REGARDING BROADCASTING TO ASIA.—

2 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment

3 of this Act, the Board for International Broadcasting shall

4 prepare and submit to the Congress a comprehensive re5 port concerning implementation of authority for broad6 casting to Asia under section 15 of the Board for Inter7 national Broadcasting Act of 1973. Such report shall con8 sider the feasibility of constructing a Radio Free Asia

9 transmitting facility in any State, territory, or possession

10 of the United States, or state in free association with the

11 United States, located in the Pacific Ocean. In considering

12 the feasibility of any such transmitting facility, the Board

13 shall take into account the environmental impact of such

14 potential site.

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